I don't get the point of this post. Are you trying to somehow prove that atheists are immoral. Immoral in your own opinion. There is no fixed answer here. If this woman wasn't about to die, I would tell her the truth. If she was on her deathbed, I would just let it be. Who cares, she's going to die soon.
The term: 'ignorance is bliss' is absolute BS. Knowing the truth is always best and I know I would always want to know the truth.
And another thing, why should we care at all? Presumedly we don't know this woman at all, why should I particularly care what she feels? I can empathize to a degree, but her feelings don't really matter to me. If that makes me a bad person.... well, i guess i'm a bad person.
One more thing:
You can't apply this whole arguement to Religion. This woman and her feelings have no impact on the world and the people living in it. Religion and the decisions made by religious people, have had and still do have a large influence on the world. If the fact that this woman didn't know about here husbands affairs caused her to become a threat to everyone else e.g. become the next hitler or shoot up a school or something, then you could argue this on the same level as religion.
The term: 'ignorance is bliss' is absolute BS. Knowing the truth is always best and I know I would always want to know the truth.
And another thing, why should we care at all? Presumedly we don't know this woman at all, why should I particularly care what she feels? I can empathize to a degree, but her feelings don't really matter to me. If that makes me a bad person.... well, i guess i'm a bad person.
One more thing:
You can't apply this whole arguement to Religion. This woman and her feelings have no impact on the world and the people living in it. Religion and the decisions made by religious people, have had and still do have a large influence on the world. If the fact that this woman didn't know about here husbands affairs caused her to become a threat to everyone else e.g. become the next hitler or shoot up a school or something, then you could argue this on the same level as religion.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
